NAVY
(Defenselink --30 May 2007) Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd., Middlesex, England is being awarded a $39,723,124 firm-fixed-price contract for 172 Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACESs), including 70 for the Navy F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G; 20 for the Navy T-45; 22 for the Marine Corps F/A-18A+; and 60 for the Government of Canada. In addition, this contract provides for associated component parts and production support for the U.S. Navy production aircraft and the Government of Switzerland. Work will be performed in Middlesex, England (71.5 percent); Johnstown, Pa. (16 percent); Northridge, Calif. (7 percent); and Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (5.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2008.Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ($26,497,206; 66.70 percent) and the governments of Canada ($13,116,369; 33.02 percent) and Switzerland ($109,549; .28 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-07-C-0011).